The consultation period for this plan is only 6 weeks and is far less than other consultation in the West Midlands. More time should be allowed to properly scrutinize the plan particularly as most of the updates to the plan have been in the last 5-6 weeks. By only allowing 6 weeks is suggesting its being rushed through before the public have a chance to digest what is happening to the borough and green belt is built on.

The plan aim is to provide affordable housing in the BL2 & BL3 sites, however, the current average house price in Solihull is can range from £230,000 for a flat up to £600,000 for a detached house. The average salary in Solihull is currently around £30,000 so any new build house is going to be out of reach of most local people who they are supposed to be being built to house. This will inevitably mean these houses will be "second home" purchases by the people that can afford them and so denying local people from getting on the housing ladder. This is happening all over the borough and has for many years.

Shirley, where I live, is also receiving a disproportionate amount of these new build homes, where other areas of the borough appear to be untouched. There are already severe traffic issues around the surrounding roads near the proposed BL1 & BL2 sites so adding over 2,000 additional homes is adding at least another 4,000 cars to these roads. There are no proposed additional school extensions to take in the additional children that will live in these homes and getting to speak to or see a doctors at a SHP practice is a lengthy and time-consuming process now, which will be made worse by increasing the population in Shirley to the numbers in the plan. What are the council doing about increasing health and education facilities for all this new influx of people? The focus is always on housing but not the supporting infrastructure, roads, health and education. The plan states its considering the environment but this is not the case if the BL3 and BL2 sites go ahead. The vast increase of traffic from these to sites (and the BL1 development in Dickens heath, will bring the already very busy roads to a standstill at peak times of the day and all the pollution associated with it. Despite alluding to the contrary, people the will live on these sites will need and use a car to get around, the public transport system is sparse away from the main A34 and Solihull is now designed such that you need a car to get to supermarkets etc. There are buses but none go to Dickens Heath, Tidbury Green and Dog Kennel lane on a frequent basis to be of use.